Soap holder



19;, 1943- H. N. MOONEY 2,308,771

SQAP HOLDER Filed June 6, 1940 Patented Jan. 19, 1943 QFEFECE SOA-PHQLDER Hugh N. Mooney, Chicago, Ill.

ApplicationJune .6, 1940, Serial No. 339,101

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in soap holders and moreparticularly to a portable soap holder adapted to be instantly attachedto .or removed from a support so that a travelling salesman, avacationist on a trip, a housewife, or any other person may convenientlycarrya cake of soap for use particularly in a hotel bathroom, on arailroad train, steam boat or in fact in any washroom any place, theholder being adapted for convenient removable application to the wallabout the wash bowl or bath tub and held in suspension within easy reachof the bather or user while washing or bathing.

The soap is so supportedthatitmay be grasped and immersed in the waterand applied to the face or body and when released it is automaticallyreturned to the holder to a normal out of the way position out of thewater and readily obtainable always by the user. In this way the soap iskept from falling to the floor or falling into the bath or bowl water.

A further object is to provide a soap holder of this type that isornamental in appearance, that is adapted for use without marring ordefacing the bathroom wood work, that is inexpensive to manufacture, anddurable in use. Children are prone to leave the soap in the water whilebathing which is a wasteful practice that is eliminated by the use ofthe present holder, and the instant adjustability of the holder to anyplace about the bath tub makes it very handy for children both large andsmall, as well as for adults.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating oneapplication of the soap holder, two positions thereof being shown.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the holder in front elevation andpartly in section.

Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectional view through Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but involving a slightly modifiedform of holder.

Fig. 5 is a view of the pulley employed in the holder shown in Fig. 7 inthe course of its assembly.

Fig. 6 is a face view of the pulley shown in Fig. 5, assembled.

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of a modifled form of soap holder.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a cake of soap and theengaging element.

Fig. 9 is a top plan view of Fig. 8, and

Fig. 10 is a face view of a modified form of soap engaging element thatmay be employed showing the cake of soap engaged thereby.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The soap holder consists, usually, of a casing or container to which issecured one or more vacuum cups adapted to be readily and removablysecured to a flat support in a well known manner, the casing housing aretriever carrying a soap engaging element serving yieldingly to retainthe same, together with the cake of soap, in a predetermined position.

The reference numeral I denotes a wall and 2 a wash bowl. Referring toFigs. 1, 2 and 3 a rubber suction cup 3 having a stem 4 is removablysecured to the support I in a well known manner. The stem of the cup isrecessed to receive one end of the bolt 5 that extends into the casing 6through the base thereof and supports same. The casing is provided witha removable cover 1, and arranged within the casing upon the bolt 5 isthe wood pulley 8 formed with a compartment 9 to snugly receive a coilspring I0 surrounding the bolt and having one end extending through asmall perforation II in the casing compartment wall and the opposite endsecured between two nuts I2, l3 arranged upon the bolt, the nut l2serving also to bind the casing firmly to one end of the cup stem 4. Thepulley is mounted upon the bolt for rotation and is secured in positionby a nut I5 abutting a pulley wall upon the outer end of said bolt. Acord l6 wound about the pulley and at one end secured thereto extendsout through a perforation I! in the casing and is connected by a swivelcoupling I8 to a soap-engaging clamp or element which may be of any oneof a variety of shapes or designs.

In Figs. 8 and 9 a resilient soap-engaging clamp is provided whichconsists of a wire frame having opposed upwardly inclined ends I9, 20connected together at their apices by a ring 2|, said frame ends beingconnected together by the waved base portions or sides 22 having aplurality of pointed portions 23 that bite into the soap bar 24 tosupport and carry the same. The clamp is secured by a cord 25 to theswivel IS. The tension of the spring I0 is sufficient to yieldingly keepthe cord I6 wound about the pulley with the soap bar in raised position,relative to the casing, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1.

In Fig. a modified form of soap engaging element is provided. The soap24 is provided with a metal open ended tube 26 extending therethrough ata point inwardly from one end of the bar, two comers of the soap barbeing formed.

. with a recess 21, a frame 28 having converging sides that form a largeloop 29 at one end and that are bent inwardly at their widely separatedends for disposal in the ends of the tube 26, said sides extendingthrough the bar recesses ZL'the frame being of resilient material.

The frame is looped, as described, to provide tension and retain theframe ends in engagement with the tube to support the soap, the smallerend of the loop being connected to the swivel.

' Referring now to Fig. 4 a slightly modified form of retriever isprovided. A wooden pulley 53, with or without a casting 6, is provided,a distinguishing feature being that the spring 54 has one end extendingbeyond the pulleyand formed with an eye termination 55 disposed in thepath of the cord that passes therethrough and that is guided thereby,said cord being secured to the swivel l8. 7

Referring now to Figs. 5, 6 and? a metal pulley is provided and same isformed of a'single blank forming a main side 56 of circular shape buthaving somewhat wedge shaped spaced ears 51' formed'peripherally thereofand disposed in its plane, two or more of said ears 51 being formed withtongues 58 for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth. Between theseveral tongues 51' the integral angular ears 59 are formed that extendfirst at right angles to the side 56 and are then bent parallel theretoand that terminate in a plane disposed outwardly from the periphery ofthe side 56 proper, a distance the same as that of the free endsof theears 51. One ear59 ter minates in a smaller pulley side 60 of'roundshape disposed opposite to and parallel with the main side 56 and of adiameteroommon with that of the main side. The sides 56, 60 are spacedapart a distance equal to the length of that portion of an ear 59disposed at right angles to the side so that the tongues 58 bent fromcertain of the ears 5'! will engage with and be soldered, or

otherwise secured, to the side 60. The spring [0 is arranged about thebolt 5 with'one end connected thereto and the other end secured to thebolt by the nut l2 or otherwise. passing about the pulley passes betweenthe sides 56, and over that portion of the ears 59 dis posed at rightangles to the sides.

In use the vacuum'or suction cups are readily applied to any'supportwith the bar of soap deout of the water;.-p0sition always ready forfurther instant'use.

'Whatis claimed isz 7 r In a soap ho1der,-a suction-cup','a bolt carriedthereby, a pulley upon saidbolt, a winding spring within said pulleyhaving one end secured thereto, said spring extending beyond sa-idpulley and terminating in an eye, and a cord on said pulley passingthrough said eye.

r HUGH N. MQ ONEY.

The cord 56a

